Vento Technical Associates knows about the Internet of Things (IoT), and we want you to know about them too. You might be wrestling with what the Cloud and Big Data really mean, but we can break it down for you. Just get ready for another technology buzzword, though. It’s the SMAC Stack. Let’s see how it can work for you, because we think you’ll really like it.

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Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud (SMAC)

Social, mobile, analytics and cloud capabilities are typically offered by enterprise service providers and vendors as individual services. At Vento Technical Associates, we combine these four areas to deliver killer technology that will drive your business directly into next-generation technologies. When these technologies are in sync, your business technologies result in breakthroughs that put you above your competitors.

Here, client/server technologies are implemented as a stack, rather than in the traditional stand-alone capabilities that may result in flat-lining your technical operations. Mobile inputs drive real-time analytics by connecting over your network(s) and tapping into relational databases. Simply put, by 2020, SMAC stack technologies are expected to result in the following:

• $5 trillion in spending
• 100 billion computer devices will be connected to the Web
• Corporations will be managing 50 times the data than they are currently

For small- and medium-sized businesses, this technology translates into increased business value and a better, more technologically savvy way of doing business.

The two evolutions of the SMAC Stack can move your enterprise to the level of technology that will keep you growing. They are:

Machine to machine to human (M2M2H)

These are the remote connections that leverage nearly every industry, including supply chains, consumer and home experiences, transportation systems, industrial and manufacturing, retail, energy grids, healthcare, public safety and security.

We treat your business technologies like our own.

We fit your solutions into our offerings, not the other way around. Whether you want customized IT provisions or a more standard IT package, we can do it. Check out our offerings where tailored technology is aligned with your business goals and needs.

In the Cloud

This basically means on the Internet. One of the best things about the Cloud is how much money it saves for organizations, facilities and companies. That’s why you hear so much about it! Not only that, but cloud technology is what makes businesses rock and roll because it enables them to access their data and information anywhere and at any time.

When you save documents and files to the Cloud, they will not be lost. Your servers won’t crash, but if your on-site computers or laptops crash, your information is long-since saved in the Cloud. And as the cloud technologies have grown over the years, they’ve become more secure. Data is encrypted, as are logons. In fact, no one can unless you tell us to grant them and you permission, or if you have an onsite administrator who does so.

We can store your data in our servers – through servers that are expressly reserved for your business, no one else’s. This saves room at your company and utilities as well since you’re not paying for the cooling and energy for your server; we are.

Hardware as a Service (HaaS)

HaaS refers to managed services as well as grid computing. Our clients simply rent (rather than purchase) their hardware. This is just another way in which Vento Technical Associates can help drive down your costs. So if and when the hardware breaks down, you won’t even have to give it a second thought. Your service is not interrupted. You do not have to hire an IT repair guy (where are they anyway?). In fact, your IT services can be provided completely by us. This cuts down on overhead and personnel costs. Likewise, keep your IT guy if you insist. We’ll be happy to work with him and we know how to get along.

Vento Technical Associates’s HaaS services will:

• Bring repairs on site or complete them remotely, depending on the issue and where your hardware is located. We can fix laptop or computer issues right on site if you wish, or take them with us and get them right back to you.
• We can also recommend affordable and top computing devices, or even sell them to you, based on our relationships with key, trustworthy vendors of ours. These are only the ones that are proven to work in your particular line of business. What fits for one might not fit for everyone.
• We also can assist users in licensure of your on-site mobile and computing hardware.
• We offer the latest apps and programs that streamline all of your business processes. Yet we don’t go for hard sales. We don’t bombard you with products. We may suggest something new to you from time to time but we aren’t in the business of forcing anything.

Managed IT Services

We manage your IT needs whether it is across the board or partially. We do this through systematic processes that lessen or eliminate any downtime. You can keep up with your daily pace and focus on your areas of expertise that got you to where you are, while continuing to grow your business at rates you may not have previously been able to do.

Disaster recovery or disasters in general, whether they are natural disasters such as floods, or non-natural, such as fires, are never fun to think about. Yet, it is amazing how few companies have disaster recovery processes and policies in place. We’re happy to play devil’s advocate for you, as uncomfortable as it is to think about.

At Vento Technical Associates, should a disaster occur, we:

• Bring the most important data right back to you within 24 to 48 hours, or even sooner.
• Have already sat down with you to help develop your disaster recovery policies and procedures. You define what your most important, sensitive data is so as to function should an unforeseen event occur.

We don’t like to think about an emergency situation data-wise any more than do you. It’s just that we’re in the business to find solutions, and we take data recovery very seriously. Even if you become unlucky enough to experience an adverse situation, it isn’t our first rodeo along those lines. It may be yours, but it isn’t ours. We know how to help our clients remain operational under the most stressful situations. We can really say, it’s going to be all right. Because it is.

Risk Management

Here is another area where we excel and where you might want to sit down with us to assess any potential vulnerability within your IT systems. Our focus is on the best and most efficient way in which to minimize risk for our clients. Our research and development within Risk Management will help shape the future of security within your organization.

We cater to small- and medium-sized business and we are well versed in regulatory requirements and compliances that will lessen your risks of non-compliance fines and other operational costs. Most of all, we protect your data from outsiders (and insiders) who may threaten your organizational privacy. We prevent data theft at almost every level. As your data infrastructure grows, so does your security.

Vento Technical Associates employs the following measures and methods that cut down on your system vulnerabilities:

• Risk analysis.
• Focus on projects, IT, security issues.
• Risks are analyzed on quantitative and qualitative bases.
• Appropriate solutions are applied to your networks, systems, and to your data.
• We send alerts when individuals within your company are using a computer either inappropriately or incorrectly, thus significantly lessening potential harm to your organization or your networks.
• We also can help you identify risks that result in revenue loss, such as when projects are not completed on a timely basis.
• Risks are identified by reviewing threats and determining and establishing risk mitigation solutions and methods.

Pay as You Go (PAYG)

PAYG translates into paying just for what you use, as opposed to paying for obscure or non-relevant computing solutions that just don’t apply to your organization. We work with our clients to determine what they really need, not what we think you may need. Yet, if you want to go proactive and see what’s on down the road that is going to impact your business value, we can talk about that with you.

We can lease out the IT services you need to your company, either on a month-to-month basis, or an annual basis. Your choice.

And if you decide you want to add to your IT solution package, no problem. Likewise, if you want to remove something you’ve signed up for, we can’t always promise to take that service away and not charge you for it, yet we’re reasonable. Most of all, we promise you’re going to like our solutions. You’re going to like your solutions!